1.

The Tracks You Left On Me

Ed Bruce - Mike Morgan - Jeff Elliott

© Home At Last Music, BMI

How could I have known back at the start
The day might ever come when you would break my heart
Well here it is but damned if you will ever know
Not a trace of what I feel inside will ever show

I'm not the first and I won't be the last
I can only judge your future by your past
And I would rather die than ever let you see
Any trace of the tracks you left on me

I will not go away as time goes by
And I'll walk around your mind until the day you die
And you'll keep wonderin' why you couldn't see
Any trace of the tracks you left on me

I'm not the first and I won't be the last...
You'll never see a sign of the tracks you left on me

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2.

You're The Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had

Wayland Holyfield - Randy Hatch

© Vogue Music, BMI

Oh there were others and some were friends
And some were merrily lovers
But they all helped me discover
It's so hard to find someone who'll be true

And I said no way would I fall again oh no no way
There's just too many heartaches
And I don't like the way it feels to feel my heart break
Then there was you

You're the best break this old heart ever had
You're all the good luck that I'll never need to have
Never thought I'd ever love again like that
You're the best break this old heart ever had

All around me
My world was crumbling down all around me
Oh but then you found me
And with your love you mended my life

You're the best break this old heart ever had...
You're the best break this old heart ever had...
You're the best break this old heart ever had

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3.

How Do You Do That

Ed Bruce - Donnie Blanz

© Home At Last Music, BMI

At the door at five a.m. off to bust my back again
And here you are, kissing me goodbye
Suddenly the day at hand doesn't seem to be so bad
Once again, you make things alright

How do you do that you find diamonds in the drops of rain that fall
While I just get wet you let the sun shine through it all
It's a wonder to me how do you do that

You call to say honey hurry home you've thought about us all day long
Baby tonight we're staying in
We'll count the stars on a moonless night watch the shadows by candlelight
And you'll love me like the first time again

How do you do that you find diamonds in the drops of rain that fall...
You're a wonder to me how do you do that

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4.

The Greatest Hit

Ed Bruce - Jim McBride

© Home At Last Music, BMI

He could never pay her back for all she's done for him
She never asked for more than what he could afford to spend back then
And when the business got him down she wouldn't let him quit
She'd say I believe someday you'll make it big all you need's a hit

She often had to work two jobs so he could play at night
He'd chase his dream while she'd come home too tired sometimes to eat a bite
If give up came up she'd say hon I love you don't forget
I believe someday you'll finally make it big all you need's a hit

Then one day it hit him like a bolt out of the blue
He said what am I searching for so hard when I have you
So he wrote her down on paper and he put a tune to it
The inspiration for the one that made him big she was his greatest hit

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5.

This Old Hat

Ed Bruce - Trey Bruce

© Home At Last Music, BMI

This old hat's hung on the bedpost too long
Forgotten like some used to be remembered like a song
That all the words are so easy to recall
Mhm mhm this old hat

It's seen day fade to night in an open sky
Beneath the fury of the heavens kept the rain out of my eyes
Yet somehow don't look as weathered as I
Mhm mhm this old hat

This old hat's been down some dusty trails
May not look as good as it did new
The crown is stained the brim is torn
It's even been stepped on a time or two
This old hat's just like an old friend
Misplaced from time to time but it still fits
Ha they don't make 'em like they used to

There was a time this old hat was in style
But it was different then it turned a few heads for awhile
But what the hell I might try it on again
Mhm mhm this old hat

This old hat's been down some dusty trails...
This old hat's hung on the bedpost too long

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6.

One

Ed Bruce - Ron Peterson - Judith Bruce

© Home At Last Music, BMI

If you want to hear a love song I could sing one
If you want to feel the fire we could build one
If you need to catch a rainbow we could chase one
If you want to be together we could be one

Now you talk about tomorrows I can see one
There's no mountain we can't climb if we reach one
If you believe in forevers we could start one
If you want to be together we could be one

One and one I've always heard adds up to two
But one and one is only one when that one is me and you
If you believe in forevers we could start one
If you want to be together we could be one

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7.

The Feel Of Bein' Gone

Mike Morgan - Jeff Elliott

© Tree Pub, BMI

Early in the morning she'll be leaving
To visit with her mother for a spell
But I know that's really not the reason
Because I know what she's doing all to well

She says she doesn't know how long she's staying
Cause she hasn't seen her mother for so long
What she really means but isn't saying
Is she needs to get the feel of being gone

She would never simply leave me
Unless she knew that it was really best
Up till now she has no way of knowing
Tell she puts really leaving to the test

I know I'd be wrong to try and stop her
There's nothing I can do but go along
And get used to the feel of being lonesome
In case she likes the feel of being gone

She has got to know for certain
What it's like to live away from me
I'm so afraid I'm gonna lose her
Once she gets the taste of being free

I know I'd be wrong to try and stop her...

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8.

The Bartender (It's All On The Jukebox)

Ed Bruce - Glenn McGuirt

© Home At Last Music, BMI

I'd sure like to help you but I've heard it all before
I'm sorry I can't tell you why she'd walk out that door
All these years behind this bar I've saved not one yet
I haven't healed a broken heart or helped one soul to forget

But it's all on the jukebox in the corner if love's gone wrong
George Strait or Jones have sung it in a song
If misery love's company you'll never be alone
It's all on the jukebox here's a quarter

No sir she's a stranger haven't seen her here before
But you might just arrange a two-step around the floor
There's an empty stool beside her let's send a drink her way
The rest is up to you and her and what that quarter plays

But it's all on the jukebox in the corner if love's gone wrong...

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9.

Truth Is I'm A Liar

Mike Morgan - Jeff Elliott

© Tree Pub, BMI

10.

Did He Say It Better Than Me

Ed Bruce - Dee Moeller

© Home At Last Music, BMI

Were there never quite enough Sundays
Did I leave out a birthday or two
Did I make too much of mere holiday fluff
When a rose just on Tuesday would do

Did I say often enough you look pretty
Did I tell you you meant everything
Did I ever say you still take my breath away
Or did he say it better than me

Did I always say I'm sorry I hurt you
Did I always know when I did
Were there some signs if I'd paid more attention
Well I'll pay for it now long as I live

Did I ever say you're my heart
That I couldn't live without you
As long as there's breath in this body of mine
This old heart will keep beating for you

Now did he say it better than me

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11.

My First Taste Of Texas

Ed Bruce - Ronnie Rogers

© Tree Pub, BMI

My first taste of Texas had blue eyes and golden hair
Beneath the Tennessee silver moon we found a feeling we could share
And age made no difference I'd been around and she was young
And my first taste of Texas still lingers in my heart and on my tongue

Her gentle heart was broken in a way a tender lady shouldn't have to know
And mine was somewhere in between somethin' I should hold on to or let go
Her talkin' blue eyes told me the story of the love she failed to find
And without conversation I suppose the lines on my face told her mine
My first taste of Texas

Cause we're not done we've only just begun
Begun to love now the two of us are one
And age made no difference my first taste of Texas

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12.

Growing Up

Ed Bruce - Phil O'Donnell

© Home At Last Music, BMI

Second day of third grade Three Oaks Elementary
She sat in the first row I was all the way across the room
It might as well have been the far side of the moon
I had to get her attention she wouldn't look at me
I waited for the bell to ring and when we went outside for recess
I put a cricket down the backside of her dress
Had to take a note home Mama spanked my butt
Daddy hugged me Son that's part of growing up

You live and learn to give and take when to use your strength
And when you need a gentle touch sometimes it takes patience
Sometimes a greater store of love you learn it growing up

Andy was my best friend all the way through high school
We couldn't wait for Friday night
We'd chip in change for gas in his car and roam
One night I was grounded so he went out on his own
Two o'clock in the morning I'd just gotten to sleep
Mama took the call and woke me
That was Andy's Daddy on the phone
Andy missed that hairpin curve on Levee Road
Andy loved to run hard he never buckled up
Mama held me when I cried growing up

You live and learn to give and take when to pray for strength
When understanding's not enough look life in the eye
Even when the road gets rough it's not easy growing up

I can't forget the day she called me home from work
The pains were getting closer
She said Hon don't panic but it's time to go
We named him Andy for a friend I used to know
It hit me just this morning I dropped him off at school
No great revelation
I bowed my head and thanked the Lord for all I've got
Little league and family picnics in the park
Both our folks are doing well the circle's filling out
I treasure every moment; I'm still growing up

You live and learn to give and take always try to do your best
And hope that it's enough if you don't lose the faith
You'll always find the love iIt's all part of growing up

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13.

My Baby Don't Need No Polish To Shine

Ed Bruce

© Home At Last Music, BMI

The lashes that she bats above those big blue eyes are real
The nails she scratches my back with are hers
She's soft and warm all over no silicone landscaping
She keeps me straight with all those curves

The good Lord used the best parts when he put this one together
She's got lots of love to give and it's all mine
She don't need nothing extra cause she came with all the options
My baby don't need no polish to shine

She don't shop at Neiman Marcus she don't need no new Mercedes
She says thanks but her red truck will do just fine
I don't wake up in the morning in a cloud of VO-5
My baby don't need no polish to shine

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